Adobe Opens New Datacenters for Business Catalyst

Ramping Up Ahead of Increased Global Demand for New Hosted Services
Platform

March 31, 2010 12:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the opening of
the first of three new datacenters for Adobe® Business Catalyst®
service, its platform of hosted services for professional Web designers
delivering powerful online businesses without having to do back-end
coding. The North American datacenter is now accepting new customers,
with datacenters in Europe and Asia Pacific expected to open within the
next two months. Representing a substantial investment in the newly
acquired Business Catalyst platform, these datacenters better equip the
company to meet the increasing demands from Web designers looking for
cost-effective solutions to build online business and commerce sites for
small business clients.

“Our new datacenters integrate Business Catalyst as a key component of
Adobe’s hosted services strategy in the months and years to come,” said
Bardia Housman, director of Business Catalyst product management at
Adobe. “This significant investment from Adobe is an exciting step
forward for us.”

Business Catalyst provides a unified business platform that helps enable
Web designers to efficiently build and deploy powerful business Web
sites such as online stores and lead-generation mini-sites, without
having to spend extra resources to do back-end coding. Users of Adobe
Dreamweaver® software can access Business Catalyst functionality through
an extension that plugs right into their Web design and development
workspaces. The three new datacenters, built for speed and reliability
using high-end industry standard hardware and server technologies, will
enable Adobe to continue supporting the existing Business Catalyst
customer base while servicing growing demand.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe Business Catalyst is a hosted application that supports most
modern browsers including Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer 7.
Pricing is tiered based on plan selections. All accounts are available
in English only. For more information, please visit www.businesscatalyst.com.

About Adobe Business Catalyst

Adobe acquired Business Catalyst in August 2009 to complement its
existing portfolio of Creative Suite® tools and online hosted services.
The platform was added to respond to the needs of Web professionals
looking for effective hosted services to build and deliver online
businesses for small business clients. The Business Catalyst solution
enables Web professionals to build these solutions in a fraction of the
traditional time and cost.Business Catalyst offers a
comprehensive system – from content management, to E-Commerce, to
customer relationship management (CRM), and back-end business analytics.
By integrating these core functions, Business Catalyst offers a central
console to manage usually disparate functions which ultimately helps the
Web designer better meet the needs of their clients.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information –
anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.